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Swiggy has announced that it has executed definitive agreements for a US$ 1 billion Series H round of funding led by existing investor, Naspers. The round includes participation from several existing investors including DST Global, Meituan Dianping and Coatue Management, along with new investors Tencent, Hillhouse Capital, and Wellington Management Company. Continue reading “Swiggy raises $1 billion funding led by Naspers”
Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18305 (19H1) to Windows Insiders. The company says that this will be the last major WIP build of 2018. With this build, the company is introducing a simplified default Start layout for new devices, new user accounts, and clean installs. Continue reading “Windows 10 Insider Preview build brings simplified Start layout, Office app and more”
Coolpad has launched Mega 5, Mega 5M and Mega 5C budget smartphones in India for offline markets. The company says that it has been looking forward to put the brand on the forefront again after a successful stint in India in their earlier part of the journey and is looking forward to become a prominent budget smartphone brand in Indian market again. Continue reading “Coolpad Mega 5, Mega 5M and Mega 5C launched in India priced between Rs. 3999 and Rs. 6999”
Razer has introduced a new way to play on a console with the Razer Turret for Xbox One, a wireless keyboard and mouse combo designed for Xbox One. The Razer Turret for Xbox One offers a fast and stable 2.4 GHz wireless connection via a single dongle for the mouse and keyboard, and battery life of up to 40 hours on a single charge. Continue reading “Razer wireless keyboard and mouse for Xbox announced”
WhatsApp rolled out Group Voice and Video Calling a few months back. Now it has released a design update to make it even easier to start group voice and video calls from within a group chat. You can now go to the group you want to call, tap the phone icon on the top right corner of the screen, select the contacts within the group you want to call, and choose the voice or video icon. This rolled out for iOS users in beta last month. Continue reading “WhatsApp makes it even easier to make group calls for iPhone users, coming to Android soon”
Snapchat has launched a new feature to its app called Lens Challenges, which allows users around the world to take part in challenges with other users. Participants of this feature can create and send “Snaps” that use a lens tied to a song, dance, holiday, event. Continue reading “Snapchat launches Tik Tok-like Challenges Lens”
Google which announced Live Albums in early October this year offers Google Photos users an easy way to create albums that automatically add new photos of specific people and pets. However, the limit was 10,000 on the private album which was considered too low; thankfully, Google has now raised the private album limit to match the shared album limit at 20,000 images. Continue reading “Google silently bumps Live album limit in Photos to 20,000”
Xiaomi has introduced Mi Pay mobile payment solution in India supported by ICICI Bank and PayU. The company today started registrations for beta testing as National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has cleared Mi Pay for large group usage. The company said that Mi Pay would be integrated within the Contacts, SMS, Scanner apps as well as App Vault in MIUI and will be available for all MIUI users soon.
Continue reading “Xiaomi introduces Mi Pay mobile payment solution in India”
For the past few days, Facebook has been accused of disclosing people’s private messages to partners without their knowledge. Facebook clarified that it worked closely with four partners to integrate messaging capabilities into their products so people could message their Facebook friends only if they chose Facebook login. Continue reading “Facebook details why third-party apps had access to messages”
After reports, Apple has officially confirmed that some of its 2018 iPad Pros are shipping with a slightly bent in the aluminum chassis. The c0mpany also clarified that this is a side effect of the device’s manufacturing process and shouldn’t worsen over time or negatively affect the flagship iPad’s performance in any way. Continue reading “Apple acknowledges some 2018 iPad Pro units that ship with a bent chassis are normal”
Update: Xiaomi has confirmed that it has stopped development of global MIUI ROM for Mi 5 and Redmi Note 3 Pro (Redmi Note 3 in India)
ASUS has launched the new F570 gaming laptop and the thinner and lighter VivoBook 15 that come with the latest AMD Ryzen 5 processor with up to 8GB DDR4 memory and AMD Radeon Vega8 graphics. The F570 weighs in at just 1.9kg and is one amongst the lightest high-performance laptops. Continue reading “Asus VivoBook 15 and F570 gaming laptop with AMD Ryzen 5, 15.6-inch Full HD display launched in India starting at Rs. 30990”
Huawei has finally announced that it is rolling out EMUI 9.0 based on Android Pie to Huawei Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro, Huawei P20, Huawei P20 Pro, Honor Play, Honor View 10, Honor 10. EMUI 9.0 will bring local language support, local calendar and more. Continue reading “EMUI 9.0 update based on Android 9.0 (Pie) starts rolling out to Huawei P20, P20 Pro, Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro, Honor Play, View 10 and Honor 10”
After releasing Android 9.0 (Pie) beta update last week for the Nokia 8 smartphone, HMD Global has finally started rolling out stable update for the phone. The company initially promised to roll out the update for the phone in November, but it got delayed.
Continue reading “Nokia 8 Android 9.0 (Pie) stable update finally starts rolling out”
Google has announced that two years after the launch, Gboard virtual keyboard now includes support for 500 languages on Android. This according to Google means that more than 90% of the world can now type in their first language with Gboard. Continue reading “Google Gboard now supports 500 languages in two years since launch”
